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Re: Nonpartisan review concludes Bush knowingly ordered torture

I believe water boarding to be torture and that only fools are convinced by repeated falsehoods.

I also believe the "ticking time-bomb scenario" to be bull****, if your hypothetical Jack Bauer is really that certain he can save lives by doing something cruel or illegal then he should do it and if he's wrong on his head (or his job) be it; It shouldn't be policy to give up the moral high ground.

If you need to misrepresent your opponent's position, you don't really believe in yours, you have no integrity and as Tony Montana says, "Any man without his word is a cockroach."